Anthony Robin Ellis (born 8 January 1942) is a British actor and cookery book writer best known for his role as Captain Ross Poldark in the 29 episodes of the 1975 BBC classic series Poldark, adapted from a series of books by the British author Winston Graham. He also appeared in Fawlty Towers, Cluedo, The Good Soldier (an adaptation of the Ford Madox Ford novel), Elizabeth R (playing Essex), The Moonstone, Bel Ami, Sense and Sensibility (which also featured Clive Francis), The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, She Loves Me (in which he sings) and Blue Remembered Hills (written by Dennis Potter). In 2015–17 and 2019 he appeared in the Poldark series remake as Reverend Halse.

Filmography

• Poldark — Reverend Halse
• 2006Wallander: The Photographer — Tom Lyell
• 2005The Funny Blokes of British Comedy — Danny Brown (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Wallander — Tom Lyell
• The Fall of Milosevic — Narrator
• 1996Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies — Narrator
• 1996The Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies — Narrator
• 1995The Death of Yugoslavia — Narrator
• The Death of Yugoslavia — Narrator
• A Dark Adapted Eye — John
• 1994The Negotiator — Stuart Shaw
• 1994The Trial of Lord Lucan — Sir Charles Moore
• Between the Lines
• Heartbeat — Joe Henderson, Sir Richard Lonsdale
• Cluedo — Colonel Mike Mustard
• 1990The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story — Narrator (voice)
• Capstick's Law — Henry Capstick
• 1988Children of the Open Road — (voice)
• Love and Marriage — Adrian Carter
• Sherlock Holmes — Sir Robert Norberton
• American Playhouse — Robert Acton
• 1982Bright Eyes — Sam Howard
• 1981The Good Soldier — John Dowell
• 1980The Curse of King Tut's Tomb — Howard Carter
• The Waterfall — James Otford
• 1980Tres mujeres de hoy — Alejandro
• 1979Blue Remembered Hills — John
• 1979She Loves Me — Georg Nowack, Vocals
• 1979The Europeans — Robert Acton
• 1978The Comedy of Errors — Dr. Pinch
• Fawlty Towers — Danny Brown
• 1975Knots
• Poldark — Ross Poldark
• Churchill's People — Major White
• Seven Faces of Woman — Lawrence
• New Scotland Yard — Steve Thomas
• The Frighteners — Mike
• The Moonstone — Franklin Blake
• 1971Bel Ami — Georges Duroy
• Bel Ami — Georges Duroy
• Elizabeth R — Robert Devereaux
• Sense and Sensibility — Edward Ferrars
• The Guardians — Peter Lee
• The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes — Charles Dallas
• Biography — Hammond
• Play for Today — John
• Shadows of Fear — Roger
• 1970Wednesday's Child
• 1969Arthur? Arthur! — Ames
• The Inside Man — Michael Barnett
• The Main Chance — Donald Gordon Hopwood
• Armchair Theatre — Dr. Jim Beverly

Appearances as themselves (2)

• End of Empire — Self - Narrator (voice)
• Timewatch — Self - Narrator (voice)